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Council News
J. Peter Pham Speaks on Sahel Politics and Security in The Hague
J. Peter Pham, director the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, was one of four experts invited to address a high-level international conference on the crisis in the Sahel region convened today in The Hague.
Rudolph Atallah Testifies before House Panel on Crisis in the Sahel
Rudolph Atallah, senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, testified at a House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on “The Growing Crisis in Africa’s Sahel Region.”
Mihaela Carstei on the US-Canada Keystone Pipeline Project (CTV)
On the heels of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit to the United States, Energy & Environment Program Associate Director Mihaela Carstei joins CTV to discuss the Keystone Pipeline project that would transport tar sands oil from Canada and the northern United States to refineries in the Gulf coast of Texas.
Frederic Hof on US Position in Syria Crisis (BBC World Service)
Hariri Middle East Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof speaks with the BBC’s Tim Franks about the cautious US position with respect to resolving the Syria crisis.
Strategic Advisors Group
The Strategic Advisors Group (SAG) is a standing body of roughly forty senior experts on NATO and transatlantic security issues from across North America and Europe that provides timely, relevant insights and analysis to policymakers and the public on strategic issues in the transatlantic security relationship.
Founded in 2007 by then-Atlantic Council Chairman General James L. Jones, Brent Scowcroft, and former Norwegian Minister of Defense Kristin Krohn Devold, the SAG has established itself as the pre-eminent institution for strategic thinking and analysis on Euro-Atlantic security through its thought leadership on critical issues such as Afghanistan/Pakistan, the NATO Strategic Concept, and NATO reform. Currently chaired by EADS CEO Tom Enders, the SAG produces major public policy briefs and reports, hosts off-the-record strategy sessions for senior US and European civilian and military officials, and provides informal, expert advice to senior policymakers.
The SAG and its activities are generously sponsored by the Scowcroft Group and EADS North America.
More information on the SAG's activities is available here.
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Thomas Enders, SAG Chairman Chief Executive Officer, EADS |
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Frederick Kempe, President and CEO Atlantic Council |
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Brent Scowcroft, Interim Chairman, Atlantic Council Chairman, Atlantic Council International Advisory Board Former National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush President and Founder, The Scowcroft Group |
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Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council |
Rapporteurs:
Neyla Arnas, National Defense University
Ian Brzezinski, Brzezinski Group
Mike Durkee, Former Special Advisor to SACEUR
Paul Gebhard, The Cohen Group
Members:
Rafael L. Bardají, Strategic Studies Group
Marshall Billingslea, Deloitte
Hans Binnendijk, National Defense University Center for Technology and National Security Policy
Sven Biscop, The Royal Institute for International Relations
Charles Boyd, Former Deputy Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command
Yves Boyer, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
Richard Burt, McLarty Associates
Ralph Crosby, EADS North America
Brian Dailey, Atlantic Council Board Director
Chris Donnelly, UK Defence Academy
Conrado Dornier, Dornier Aircraft
Peter Flory, Former NATO Assistant Secretary for Defense Investment
Julian Lindley-French, Netherlands Defence Academy
Ashraf Ghani, Institute for State Effectiveness
Edmund Giambastiani, Former Vice Chairman of the Join Chiefs of Staff
Sebastian L. Gorka, National Defense University
Marc Grossman, The Cohen Group
Scott Harris, Atlantic Council
Annette Heuser, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Robert Hunter, RAND Corporation
Robert Hutchings, LBJ School of Public Affairs of The University of Texas at Austin
Karl Heinz Kamp, NATO Defense College
Franklin D. Kramer, Atlantic Council Vice Chair
Harald Kujat, Former Chairman of NATO Military Committee
Fabrizio W. Luciolli, Atlantic Council of Italy
Alexander Mirtchev, Krull Corporation
Boyko Noev, Center for the Study of Democracy
Ioan Mircea Pascu, Member of the European Parliament
Jean-Paul Perruche, Former Director-General, EU Military Staff
Thomas R. Pickering, Hills & Company
Norman Ray, The Spectrum Group
Tomas Ries, Swedish National Defense College
Walter Slocombe, Caplin & Drysdale
Harlan K. Ullman, Atlantic Council
Kurt Volker, Atlantic Council/Center for Transatlantic Relations
Chuck Wald, Deloitte
Rob de Wijk, Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
Secretariat:
Jeff Lightfoot, Deputy Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security
FEATURED EVENTS
15th Anniversary of PDD-63: History of Cyber Critical Infrastructure Protection
On May 22, the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative will hold a discussion on the history of cyber critical infrastructure protection in recognition of the 15th anniversary of Presidential Decision Directive 63 (PDD-63). This event will be streamed LIVE from 3:00 p.m.
Evolving US-European Security Cooperation with the Gulf States
On May 23, the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Peace and Security Initiative at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security is hosting a panel discussion on new developments in security cooperation among the United States, its European allies, and the Gulf states, and how they are likely to evolve in the coming years.
The Kaleidoscope Turns Again in a Crisis-Challenged Iran
On May 30, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center will release a new issue brief, The Kaleidoscope Turns Again in a Crisis-Challenged Iran, a discussion of Iran’s upcoming presidential elections.
2013 Wroclaw Global Forum
From June 13-14, the 2013 Wrocław Global Forum will bring together over 350 top policy-makers and business leaders to explore the region’s impact as an actor in Europe, as well as its crucial role in the transatlantic partnership and on the global stage.
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